wcsncmp

 

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Defined in header <wchar.h>
int wcsncmp( const wchar_t* lhs, const wchar_t* rhs, size_t count );

Compares at most count wide characters of two null-terminated wide strings. The comparison is done lexicographically.

Parameters

lhs, rhs	-	pointers to the null-terminated wide strings to compare
count	-	maximum number of characters to compare

Return value

Negative value if lhs is less than rhs.

​0​ if lhs is equal to rhs.

Positive value if lhs is greater than rhs.

See also

wcscmp	compares two wide strings (function)
wmemcmp	compares a certain amount of wide characters from two arrays (function)
wcscoll	compares two wide strings in accordance to the current locale (function)